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The Second Seoul Adventures: Days 1-4 (Part 1)

Second time in Seoul – ever! And I marked it with a visit to the Studio Ghibli exhibition and more food than ever before. This time I was taken around to the good places to eat, so none of that random “duck into random restaurants and hope for the best” type of thing – not that that isn’t a good plan either. It’s just this time I got to experience really good Korean food from people who told me it was the best.

And desserts. Lots and lots of desserts.

SEOLLANGTANG – BEEF BONE SOUP FROM A RESTAURANT THAT’S 100 YEARS OLD. AND HOMEMADE KIMCHI THAT WAS AMAZING!

AND NOW FOR STREET FOOD SNACKS: HOTTEOK (NOT AS GOOD AS BUSAN’S), STRAWBERRY MOCHI WITH RED BEAN PASTE, AND FRENCH FRY-CORN DOG.

(Where: Again, on the streets of Myeong-dong.)

ABALONE TART FROM A MICHELIN-RATED BAKERY WITHIN LOTTE DEPARTMENT STORE IN MYEONGDONG.

KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN! THE CHICKEN WAS NOT AS CRISPY OR AS GOOD AS I HAD EXPECTED, BUT THEN AGAIN WHILE TRANSPORTING IT FROM THE RESTAURANT TO THE HOTEL IT DEFINITELY GOT SOGGY. LESSON LEARNED: CALL IN DELIVERY. DON’T PICK IT UP.